Left shoulder hurts when i move it...

[westcyderydin]

So i am a right handed golfer.  After hitting 150 golf balls or so two days ago i woke up yesterday with a pain in my left shoulder when i move my arm up to about horizontal.  it feels like its in the rotator cuff.  i tried golfing today and it hurt when i would swing.

is anybody familiar with this?  is it common?  i hope its something that will go away with a few days of rest.  i have league next thursday.

thanks

[montru]

Now that is spooky, I had a couple of practice rounds last week on Tues and Wed. before my league championship on Thursday, I then had my club championship on Sat and Sun so played on Friday as well. So I ended up playing six days in a row and my left arm is sooo painful in the same way.

[Windmill]

I had a shoulder issue like yours last year after trying to gouge a shot out of some very thick rough. The pain was in my right shoulder though. After a few days of nagging pain and restricted movement I went to see the orthopedic doc. I also thought I might have messed up my rotator cuff. But after checking out my x-rays, the doctor said I had an inflammation of my Bursae. He stuck me with a shot of cortizone and within a couple of days I was feeling a lot better.  Best of luck to the both of you!

[pound puppy]

I shredded my right rotor cuff muscles about three years ago and believe me, your arm will get no where near horozontal...in front or to the side, if you damaged yours.  It is also my experience that the rotor cuff isn't used much, if at all in the golf swing.  Sadly I played the same after the injury as before.  ;-(

The first test they did on me was to have me face a wall from about 18 inches away, put my fingers on the wall and walk them up like a spider.  If you can do that without wetting your pants, you may have another problem.

One thing for sure, if it were something effecting MY golf swing, I'd have it checked by a doctor because certain injuries CAN destroy your golf game.

Good luck.